| Département de l'Arno | |||||||||
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| department of the First French Empire | |||||||||
| 1808–1814 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Florence | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1812[1] | 8,074.75 km2 (3,117.68 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1812[1] | 584475 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Annexion from the Kingdom of Etruria | 25 May 1808 | ||||||||
| 1814 | |||||||||
| Political subdivisions | 4Arrondissements[1] | ||||||||
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Arno (French pronunciation: [aʁno]) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the Arno river. It was formed in 1808, when the Kingdom of Etruria (formerly the Grand Duchy of Tuscany) was annexed directly to France. Its capital was Florence.
The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. At the Congress of Vienna, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was restored to its previous Habsburg-Lorraine prince, Ferdinand III. Its territory is now divided between the Italian provinces of Florence, Prato, Arezzo, Pistoia and Forlì-Cesena.
